Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-03-17
MICHIGAN AFFAIRS.


name of their town changed to Shepherd.
An East Saginaw lady is making prep
arations to go to the West Indies as mis-
sionary.
A Bay City man is said to have eaten
one and half pounds of honey in six
minutes.
The discovery Of Mormon Sunday
school within ten miles of East Saginaw
has stirred up hornets nest.
"A firm at Grindstone City, Huron
County, recently shipped sixty thousand
scythe-stones to Naples, Italy.
AT the military post near Detroit, Band
master Berninger killed himself with poison,
after serving twenty years in the army.
"A party Of Buffalo, N. Y, capitalists
are buying and leasing lands in the neigh
borhood of Whitaker. on which they pro-
pose to sink test wells.
-Ex- Congressman Edward Breitung
died at Eastman, GA, the other day. He
represented the Eleventh District in 1883
and 1884, and was very wealthy man.
"A shinRle-mill boiler at Monaghan's
Landing, twelve miles from Alpena, ex-
ploded the other day. Three brothers
named Carr were working in the mill.
One was killed, one was fatally injured,
and the third was badly scalded.
Mrs. Ruth II. Harmon, grandmother
of Mrs. President Cleveland, died at the
residence of her son, Milford Harmon, in
Jackson, few days ago. Mrs. Harmon
had been in poor health for the past two
years, but until about four weeks ago had
been able to be about most of the time.
She was attacked with inflammation of the
bowels, which, on account of her advanced
age. she was unable to overcome.
Salt men in Michigan, and especially
in the Saginaw Valley, say there is no
profit in the manufacture. There has been
n downward tendency in price for some
time, reaching the lowest notch in the his
tory of the country. w. r. Burt says: "The
cause of the decline is overproduction. The
actual consumption in the United States is
but 1O,OOO,OOO barrels annually, while thers
is at present capacity for manufacturing
at least 12,000,000 barrels, with imports of
3,OO0,09O. The outlook for Michigan this
year is not bright. There was manufact-
ured in the State last year A. ZOO, ,OOO barrels,
and the coming season will exceed this
this amount by 500, 900 barrels"
Prison Wardens from all parts of the
country met at the Russell House in De-
troit to form an association for the better
management and for the tracing of crimi-
nails. Joseph Nicholson of the Detroit
House OF Correction presided, and +. H.
Wines of Illinois acted as Secretary. The
object, as stated in the articles of associa-
ton, is to secure registration in q central
office of the criminal record Of prisoners,
so far as the same may be known to men,
bers of this association, and the mutual
interchange between prisons of such infor-
nation, with view to distinguishing be-
tween habitual and occasional offenders,
and as an aid to reformatory work in prisons.
Officers were elected as follows: President,
Capt. Joseph Nicholson, Detroit; Vice Presi-
dents, f. S. Dodge, of Concord. N. H.;
James Massey, Of Toronto. Ont; Warrep
Smith, of Lansing, Mich; E. G. Watkins,
of Ionia, Mich; Secretary, II. W. Nc
Claughrey, of Joliet, ILL.,; Treasurer, E. G.
Coffin, of Columbus, Ohio. The Illinois
State Prison at Joliet was decided on as the
central Office for the first year. Each Prison
Warden belonging to the association is re-
quired by the bylaws to report each month
a list of all prisoners received during the
month who are known or are believed to
belong to the criminal class. The Secre-
tary will then duplicate such reports and
send them to the members of the associa-
!ion. The committee also reported in de-
tail complete system of providing for the
registration and tracing of habilual crimi-
nails.
Join Walters, survivor of the Irish
of 1898, and the Oldest resident of
Detroit, died last week while being carried
in an ambulance from the home of his son.
George w. Walters, No. 208 Woodbridge
street, to st. Mary's Hospital. He was lO8
years old. About year ago he fell while
dressing for church and fractured his right
high, which injury was the ultimate cause
IF his death. Mr.. Walters was born in
County Monaghan, Ireland. lie took an
sctive part in national affairs Immediately
preceding the Irish insurrection in the clos
ng years of the century, and when the re-
Dellion was crushed he was obliged to fee
lie country, reward of E20 having been
offered for his head. With three compan-
ons he put TO sea from Dundalk Bay in an
,pen boat, and, after drifting about for four
lays, was picked up by a French vessel
pound for America. The four patriots
anded at Boston December, 1898.
Mr.. Walters subsequently settled in
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and
Engaged in farming. He was ono
4 the contractors for the construction
4 the Pennsylvania Canal from Easton to
Bristol, and accumulated large property,
most of which he lost in his old age. His
aculties we're wonderfully we'll preserved,
nd he was able to read ordinary newspaper
rint without glasses. He was an inveterate
moker all his life and used liquor in mod
rate quantities.
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John r. Wood, of Appleton, Wis,
ought a two thirds interest in the st.